Festive Poinsettia Nails

Hi everyone!

I created these nails for the second week of the Nail Polish Canada Holiday 2013 Nail Art Challenge. The theme was "decorations".  I figured everyone else participating would go for Christmas trees or lights, so I decided to go a different route and I chose to paint some poinsettias.

My Nana (grandmother), always likes to have poinsettias around her house during the holidays, so that's where my inspiration came from.  I googled photos of poinsettias for reference, but in the end I just painted them on randomly around my nails since I didn't want them to be too symmetrical.

I used a bunch of different polishes for these nails, as usual.  My base is Elevation Polish Mont Blanc, a really pretty white with silver glass flecks and multicolored shimmer, and I added Cirque Trousseau to the tips for a bit of a glitter gradient.  The poinsettias are a combination of metallics and cremes, and I added a goldish-green glitter in the center of each flower.  The names of all the polishes used to create the flowers will be listed below.

Butter London British Racing Green, Butter London Knees Up, Orly Liquid Vinyl, Orly Green Apple, Color Club Mamba, Essie Blanc, Elevation Polish Mont Blanc, Cirque Trousseau, and China Glaze Prey Tell

Thank you for reading!

Kristin

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